Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Produce not marketed should be well
stored and protected.
In transplanting trees be careful to
preserve the roots moist.
Hens are fond of blue or June grass,
and large variety of food.
All breeding is founded upon the
axiom that like begets like"
1T is said that sheep that are old aud
out of condition improve surprisingly on
clover hay, and often become quite feshy.
Hoard's Dairyman says feed Holsteins
as you do Jerseys, for butter, and you
will see a great difference in the quality
Of the milk.
When hen is in healthy laying
condition the comb is bright colored,
showing it to be full of blood, and thrill
ing with every activity.
No sheep IL better for wetting, but
rather worse, no matter what the time
Of year n both morcifnl and eco
nomical 70 provide good shelter for
sheep.
The rule generally observed among
inexperienced growers is to cut fodder
corn for drying in the early blossom of
the tassel. 1t shsuld, at all events,
be secured before frost.
Mich cows should not be suffered to
chill, as the milk glands are closed by
such cause-she will give less at the
next milking, and never fully recover
until she has another calf.
Leaves are better bedding for pigs
than straw, which is bad for them when
wet; but straw is good enough if the
pens are waterproof. Pigs should be
cared for in bad weather.
1t is good rule for farmers who can
afford it to slack up on market crops
when il does not pay to grow them, and
seed with clover to make the land pro-
ductive whom it does not pay.
A poultry keeper says unclean eggs
should be washed or wiped when gath
cred, or pungent fifth may penetrate
and spoil the meat Eggs for keeping
should only be wiped, not washed
In packing butter for storing, it is
good plan to put piece Of thin muslin
on the bottom of the tub, we'll wet, and
layer of salt, and then pack the butter
on top. Store in dry, cool place.
Pigs, it is true, guzzle all the sour
milk they can get in the way of "swill,"
but sweet milk after the cream and water
are taken, is better for them. Souring
milk changes sugar of milk to Tactic
acid.
The agricultural editor of the Mis-
souri, Republican suggests united action
in killing the white butterfly, which is
the parent OF the cabbage worm, as
cheaper aud more effective than distroy-
ing the worm,
If roots are to be grown next season
where corn stubble is to be ploughed
under, let it be done deeply and all the
subtle well covered. Rough. uneven
ploughing, with loose corn-stubb on the
surface, is not good farming.
In trimming apple troes, no limbs
should be removed except such as should
be in order to benefit the tree. All
limbs which have begun to decay should
be cut off as disease may cause it. So
with pear trees, which are subject to
blight.
Rose bushes may be protected in cold
weather by hilling up with earth or,
better, by strewing leaves or straw light
ly over the plants, and securing them
with evergreen branches. When the
latter are abundant, they are in them
selves sufficient.
A. NJ. Purdy says that peach trees
growing near the house, where dish and
wash water are thrown out, are long
lived and free from worms or disease.
A hint to peuch-growers on large scale,
to the effect that salt and alkal are use
full ingredients.